i had to reformat, now the device manager will not recoginize the monitor
even though i have the driver, it does not list any driver or monitor and
the properties tab is grayed out (no options) the best resolution i have is
640x480 16 bit also when i go through diplay from desk top it lists the
monitor as default i canot change it, cant install drivers im stuck... i
have a dell e551c i have also gone to dell website and no luck there please
help........ please use layman's terms

i have a similar issue. i had to reintall xp and now can't get my monitor to
work through the nvidia geforce video card slot that i installed last year.
when starting up, the new slot works, then it switches to the old slot.
installing new driver doesn't fix the problem.

"irwinsinphelan" wrote:

> i had to reformat, now the device manager will not recoginize the monitor
> even though i have the driver, it does not list any driver or monitor and
> the properties tab is grayed out (no options) the best resolution i have is
> 640x480 16 bit also when i go through diplay from desk top it lists the
> monitor as default i canot change it, cant install drivers im stuck... i
> have a dell e551c i have also gone to dell website and no luck there please
> help........ please use layman's terms

irwinsinphelan wrote:

> i had to reformat, now the device manager will not recoginize the
> monitor
> even though i have the driver, it does not list any driver or monitor
> and the properties tab is grayed out (no options) the best resolution
> i have is
> 640x480 16 bit also when i go through diplay from desk top it lists
> the
> monitor as default i canot change it, cant install drivers im
> stuck... i
> have a dell e551c i have also gone to dell website and no luck there
> please help........ please use layman's terms

You need to install your video card drivers. You may have received the
Dell Resource CD with your computer. If you did, put it in the drive
and install all the drivers starting with the chipset, then the video,
then the others.

If you do not have the Resource CD, install the free Everest Home system
inventory program here:
http://www.lavalys.com/index.php?page=product&view=1

This will tell you what hardware you have in your system. Then go to
Dell's tech support website for your specific model computer and
download all the drivers.

Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

This proble is common. To solve this, install the motherboard chipset
drivers (Dell Resource CD) and the include video card drivers.


"irwinsinphelan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:69F0BD54-E1D2-47C0-8F37-(E-Mail Removed)...
>i had to reformat, now the device manager will not recoginize the monitor
> even though i have the driver, it does not list any driver or monitor and
> the properties tab is grayed out (no options) the best resolution i have
> is
> 640x480 16 bit also when i go through diplay from desk top it lists the
> monitor as default i canot change it, cant install drivers im stuck... i
> have a dell e551c i have also gone to dell website and no luck there
> please
> help........ please use layman's terms